Southern Moderate African American Issues

Israel Trip 2010

I recently returned from an amazing trip to Israel—my old friend Davis let me tag along. After working in D.C. with it’s rich history and sites and after wearing out a passport for the last ten years, I am not easily impressed. Colin Powell, Newt Gingrich, and members of congress are big but not J.C. big. We are not talking J.C. Watts or Julius Caesar but the real J.C.

A person who slept through A.M.E. Sunday School has zero business visiting the Mount of Olives, Gethsemane, the Western Wall or the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. When the guide said Jesus sat on this bedrock, I walked over there with wobbly legs and kissed that sacred ground.

The people of Israel are surprisingly diverse with a significant percentage of Muslims. I like a nation where almost 100% of the people are veterans. Tel Aviv and Jerusalem are worth the serious airport security process. South Israel and Egypt will hopefully be in my travel future. Israel is something special so let’s hope the region can find a way to peacefully exist.

For my travel buddies, T.A. parties to the break of dawn and the women stunning. Ladies who can fire machines guns—my NRA friends would be in love.

Big Ron: You don’t really appreciate freedom and safety until you visit places where drama can jump off at anytime. What a good investment in human resources it is that everyone served in the military and is fully prepare to defend if need be. It was fun and interesting but must be really jumping during the beach season. The beach at Tel Aviv and Eliat plus a trek across the desert to the Egyptian pyramids are on my bucket list or my “when I get some money” list.

Hey, you are hit the Middle East during the time between the bar and signing with King & Spalding or Patton Boggs.

I just saw the hardest nations for Americans to visit on aol. Remeber, that I had a rough time going to Israel because my passport was due to expire in less than 6 months. Sanford Bishop’s staff got it for me and I am thankful.